Hat-fastening device.



PATENTBD AUG. 11, 1908.

B. c, SGANLAN. HAT FASTENING DEVICE.

' APPLIOATIOH FILED SEPT. 27, 1 907.-

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ELIZABETH C. SCANLAN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

HAT-FASTENING- DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

Application filed September 27, 1907. Serial No. 394,867.

To all who-in it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH C. SCAN- LAX, residing in the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I-Iat-Fastening Devices; and I do hereby declare the followm clear. and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make, construct, and use the same.

My invention relates to means for fastening ladies hats to the head of the wearer in such a manner, that the hat is perfectly secure against accidental displacement, or removal, and consists in an attachment secured to the inner side of the hat, in such a way as to project below the hat body and lie against the hair of the wearer, so as to permit a hairpin or other fastening member to be inserted or threaded through apertures in the device and engage a wisp or lock of hair of the wearer.

The present custom of attaching a ladyshat to the head, consists almost universally in insertin long metal hat )ins through the side or body of the hat, ant engage the hair at the top of the head. The use of such pins results frequently in the injury of the hat and its trimmings, and to the hair, besides affording only an insecure fastening means.

In carrying out my invention, I make use of the device hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device illustrating the ordinary bone hairpin inserted through apertures in the device, and engaging a wisp or lock of hair. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, illustrating the method of threading the hairpin through the apertures in the device. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device, illustrating a modified form of fastening member to be used in connection therewith. Fig. 4 illustrates the method of using the device for securing a ladys hat in position. Fig. 5 illustrates an inverted perspective view of a hat, illustrating three of the fastenin devices in position. Fig. '6 illustrates a modiiication, in which the v fastening device is secured to or forms a part of one of the hat wires forming the frame of the hat, and Fig. 7 illustrates a further modification of Fig- 6, showing the method of twisting the wires together in such a way that the loops are tied together.

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It conin their face, such notches and perforations being for the purpose. of sewing or securing the same within the body or crown of the hat. The main body of the fastening device projects below the body of the hat, as illustrated in Fig. 4, and is provided with the vertically elongated apertures 5, spaced for a considerable distance from each other. Through these apertures, the ordinary bone or shell hairpin 6 is inserted in such a way as to catch a lockof the hair of the wearer, and thus securely fasten the device, and with it, the hat to the head of the wearer. The hairpin when in position, lies substantially in a horizontal )osition, and owing to the elasticity of the ody of the fastening device 1, the hairpin 6 is quite firmly gripped in position in such a. way that it cannot fall out, or be accidentally dis )laced.

n the modification illustrated in Fig. 3, I may provide the fastening member itself with the offset bends 7, located in such a po sition, that when the member is inserted through the apertures 5, such bends will engage the margins of the. apertures and thus securely lock the member against accidental displacement. When in position, the member being somewhat elastic, these offset bends 7 will project beyond the margin of the aperture, as clearly shown in said figure.

In Fig. 6, I have shown a modification in which the body piece 8 is one of the flexible wires which forms a part of the hat frame, preferably, the part which encircles the crown of the head when in use. In this case, the body piece and the apcrturcd loops 9 are integral and continuous, the loops 9 projecting below what would be the body of the hat in substantially the same position as indicated in Fig. 5, the loops 9 serving to receive the other fastening member 6. In this case, the same kind of a fastening member as illustratcd in Fig. 3, can be used, that is, with the projections 7 thereon for locking the. fastening member 6 within the loops or apertures 9. If desired, the loops 9 may beintegral with any other member of the hat frame, it being clusive, may be made of any flexible mate-.

rial, such as transparent celluloid, or stiff but flexible fabric, and is ordinarily made up in colors to match the hair of the wearer, while the modification illustrated in FIG 6 is made up of the usual flexible wire, of which the frames of ladies hats are made.

In each of the modifications illustrated, the part projecting below the hat may be termed a pair of loops. In'the case of Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, these loops are integrally connectedtogether at their adjacent sides; in Fig. 6, the adjacent portions of the'loops are shown as separate and distinct, while in Fig. 7, ad'acent portions of the loop are twisted together, so as to form a structure similar to that described in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive.

In practice, two or more of the fastening devices are secured to the interior of a hat, one at each side, and if desired, one or more at the rear of the hat.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a fastening device of such a character, as to firmly secure the hat to the head of the wearer, whereby, in'ury to the body of the hat itself is avoided, and inasmuch as the fastening member normally lies in a substantially horizontal position, the accidental displacement ef the same is obviated.

I claim:

1. In combination with a hat, means for fastening said hat to the head of the wearer, consisting of a member secured to and projecting below the body of the hat in the form of a pair of loops, and. a fastening member adapted to be horizontally inserted through said loops in said first named member and engaging the hair of the wearer.

2 The combination with a hat, of a hat fastening device, comprising a body piece having means thereon for fastening the same to the body of the hat, said body piece being provided with a pair of parallel'vertically elongated loops, and a fastening member adapted to be horizontally inserted through said loops to engage a lock of hair of the wearer.

3. The combination with a hat, of a hat fastening device, comprising a flexible body piece secured to and projecting below the body of a hat, said body )iece being rovided with a pair of parallel gated loops, and a fastening member adapt"- ed to be horizontally inserted through said loops to engage a lock of the hair of the wearer.

4. The combination with a hat, of a hat fastening device, consisting of a body piece adapted to be secured to the body of the hat, and a fastening member, said body piece being provided with a pair of vertically elongated parallel loops or slots to receive said fastening member in a horizontal position and permit the same to engage the hair of the wearer.

5. The combination u'th the body of a hat with a flexible body piece secured to and rejecting below the body of the hat, said iiody piece being provided with a plurality of parallel slots perpendicular to the body of the hat and a fastening member-adapted to be horizontally inserted through said slots to engage the hair of the wearer.

6. The combination with a hat, of a hat fastening device, comprising a body piece having means thereon for fastening the same to the body of the hat, said body piece being provided with a pair of parallel vertically elongated a ertures, a fastening member adapted to e inserted through said apertures to engage a lock of hair of the wearer, said fastening member having means thereon to prevent accidental disengagementfrom said apertures.

7. The combination with-a hat, of a hat fastening device, comprising a flexible body piece secured to and projecting below the vertically e onody of a hat, said body piece being ro- 

